and won in 2001 and 1997 respectively. Grammy Award for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance for the song, "Someday Baby". won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album.
Songwriting credits on CD "Thunder on the Mountain" takes its entire second verse from the song "Ma Rainey" by Memphis Minnie. Dylan cuts and shuffles Memphis Minnie's lyrics substituting Alicia Keys and Hell's Kitchen for Ma Rainey and her Georgia birthplace. is based on an old standard, made famous in versions by Lightnin' Hopkins and Muddy Waters.
It is sometimes referred to as "Trouble No More". "Rollin' and Tumblin'" is thought to have been authored by the bluesman Hambone Willie Newbern. An arrangement very similar to Dylan's was a hit for Muddy Waters.
"When the Deal Goes Down" uses the melody of "When the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the Day", a signature-song for Bing Crosby. "Beyond the Horizon" takes its entire melody and structure from the song "Red Sails in the Sunset," written by Jimmy Kennedy and Hugh Williams in 1935. is based on "When the Levee Breaks" by Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie.
It has been previously adapted by rock acts such as Led Zeppelin. takes its title, and some of its chorus, from an old standard, though Dylan's melody and lyrics are otherwise unrecognizable. derives its chorus from the more up-tempo "Highway of Regret" by the Stanley Brothers.
None of these previous incarnations or their authors are credited, though Dylan has casually acknowledged some of the uses - in a 2004 Newsweek online feature, Dylan mentioned that he was working on a song based off of a Bing Crosby melody, now known to be "When The Deal Goes Down".
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